Sunday Cycle  3rd August 2014

Beginners Group

A good mixture of riders in the clubs new beginners group headed off for their week 3 Sunday cycle with a wee bit of extra on the cards.  Out of Maghera and into Tobermore and straight on to Lough Fea.  The twist in the tail was the climb then over Ballybriest. Splitting into twos and threes with plenty of encouragement at hand all climbed well.

A new route to most of us was through Claggan and Lissan,  and into Cookstown.  From here the group worked hard to Moneymore and on to Desertmartin.  A game of catch up took place with half of the group heading on to Draperstown and Moneyneany and the other half giving themselves a chase. Well done to all. Good team work and chat and with the wind helping on the Fivemilestraight it was straight for Maghera.

Please note all club members need to take their turn with the new group. It's great to see new riders out.  Please feel free to attend.

Pat

Old Hands.

The more experienced cyclists headed to Kilrea, Ballymoney, Bushmills, the two Ports, Coleraine and back to Maghera.  A total of 74 miles at an average of 18.6 mph. 

A few of these folks then went on to secure their "August Gran Fondos” on Strava  (ie  130KMs in a single cycle).

Well done to all.